(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Stephen Gilpin. Utilizing an elixir called "the Turbo Taco," the Fart Squad "farts [their] way back in time" to a sixteenth-century Scottish castle to retrieve the Golden Butt Scratcher, the only cure for Buttzville's contagious-itch epidemic. Full of the usual scatological puns and caricature illustrations series fans expect, but this volume's contorted time-travel plot comes across like a (less-clever) Time Warp Trio knockoff.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Stephen Gilpin. A quartet of students endowed with super-powered flatulence discover a portal in a school toilet that leads to an alternate world (the sewers) ruled by a flushed pet who plans to use the portal for revenge. Battling the evil forces will take every ounce of combustion the squadron can muster. Fervent fans of this series' obvious scatological humor will be pleased.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Stephen Gilpin. Doctor René Bottom has it in for the Fart Squad. He has stolen all the underwear in Buttzville in order to harness their gaseous powers to create his own squad, leaving the now-commando townspeople caught in the crossfire and chafed. Five books in, and this pseudonymously authored series hasn't run out of gas for fans of below-the-belt humor.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Stephen Gilpin. After eating burritos in the school cafeteria, a group of students at Harry Buttz Elementary find themselves with serious gas that they can harness to battle the school bullies who are stealing their lunches. Written in a breezy style and accompanied by slapstick black-and-white illustrations, the obvious, belabored gross-out humor aims low, which the chapter-book set may go for.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Stephen Gilpin. While on a class field trip to the tar pits, Darren lets loose a fart that liquefies one pit enough to allow a deadly Fartasaurus Rex to escape. Of course, it falls to Darren and the rest of the Fart Squad to fight fire with fire. The series' obvious, puerile humor and comic illustrations will no doubt find fans.

Reviewer: David Elzey